Meta-linguistic Spelling Instruction

Exam Questions Question 1:The ability to identify stressed and unstressed syllables in a word is an example of which of the five linguistic underpinnings of spelling and reading:  Answer Aphonological awareness  Answer Borthographic knowledge  Answer Cword meaning  Answer Dmorphological knowledge  Answer Emental orthographic representations of words Question 2:Knowledge that –arium is a suffix that means “a thing or place connected with” is an example of which of the five linguistic underpinnings of spelling and reading:  Answer Aphonological awareness  Answer Borthographic knowledge  Answer Cword meaning  Answer Dmorphological knowledge  Answer Emental orthographic representations of words Question 3:Which of the following statements are consistent with the Repertoire Model of spelling?  Answer Aindividuals move sequentially through discrete skill levels in their spelling development, beginning with phonetic spelling in early grades and ending with spelling-by-meaning in later grades  Answer Bspelling instruction teaches students how to draw upon multiple linguistic skills beginning as early as first grade  Answer Conce a student achieves mastery of phonological awareness for spelling, the student will not need further instruction in this skill area as they proceed through higher grades at school  Answer Dstudents who are strong spellers in the early grades will not experience spelling problems in middle school or high school Question 4:Which of the following statements apply to the Repertoire Model approach for spelling and word study instruction?  Answer Athis approach is based on the most current spelling research  Answer Bthis approach is easily accomplished with students independently completing workbooks and worksheets  Answer Cthis approach focuses on one type of word pattern and language skill at a time  Answer Dthis approach identifies and groups students for instruction based on five categories of spelling development: emergent, letter name, within word, syllables and affixes, and derivational spelling Question 5:The ‘Catch The Beat’ strategy is based on the principle that every spoken syllable contains a single vowel sound. This strategy will be helpful for correct spelling of:  Answer Astressed syllables  Answer Bunstressed syllables  Answer Cvowels followed by r, l (for example, car, bell)  Answer Dvocalic-r and vocalic-l (for example, bird and apple)  Answer Eall of the above Question 6:Students who regularly transpose letters in their spellings of words are relying too heavily upon their ____________ and would benefit from use of the ____________ strategy.  Answer Aphonological awareness, ‘Sound It Out’  Answer Borthographic knowledge, ‘Check The Order’  Answer Corthographic knowledge, ‘Sound It Out’  Answer Dmental orthographic representations of words, ‘Check The Order’  Answer Emental orthographic representations of words, ‘Fix The Funny Stuff’ Question 7:‘A Little Stress Will Help This Mess’ strategy is based on the principle of vowel neutralization in multi-syllabic words. Once the student identifies a syllable as unstressed, s/he should then consider these types of linguistic knowledge to correctly spell the unstressed vowel segment:  Answer Aorthographic knowledge  Answer Bmorphological knowledge  Answer Csemantic relationships  Answer Dmental orthographic representations of words  Answer Eall of the above Question 8:Students who regularly misspell ‘sion, tion’ as ‘shun’ in words like ‘station’ (‘stashun’) and ‘vision’ (‘vishun’) are relying too heavily upon their ____________ and would benefit from use of the ____________ strategy.  Answer Aphonological awareness, ‘No Fouls’  Answer Bphonological awareness, ‘Fix the Funny Stuff’  Answer Cphonological awareness, ‘Build on the Base’  Answer Dorthographic knowledge, ‘Fix the Funny Stuff’  Answer Eorthographic knowledge, ‘Be Smart About Word Parts’ Question 9:A student who correctly spells ‘fortune’ but misspells ‘fortunate’ as ‘forchinet’ should be taught which language skill and spelling strategy?  Answer AOrthographic knowledge, ‘No Fouls’  Answer BMental Orthographic Images, ‘Fix the Funny Stuff’  Answer CMorphological Knowledge, ‘Be Smart About Word Parts’  Answer DPhonological Awareness, ‘A Little Stress Will Help This Mess’ Question 10:When teaching the correct spelling of homophone words, it is important to integrate these three language skills:  Answer Aphonological awareness  Answer Borthographic knowledge  Answer Cword meaning  Answer Dall of the above